I’m going to start out by saying that we have an Alexa device in the bathroom.
Let’s just get this out on the granite counter: I like to listen to music in the bathroom. I also get my greatest ideas when I’m in the bathroom- I like the ability to be able to tell Alexa these ideas so I can jot them down later.
Now let’s get to the story.
My Husband was trying to get on a work conference call. He saw his co-worker on the screen but could not hear their voice.
As he was trying to figure out the technical difficulties I was on my way to the bathroom.
I don’t think you need to much more info about that…
So I’m in there…
And I hear the voice of my Husband’s co-worker coming through Alexa…
First I freeze- which isn’t the optimum thing at this moment…
Then I yell to my Husband-
“Hey”
and he responds back: “Not now. I’m on a work call and we’re having problems”
And I yell “Your co-worker is talking to me in the bathroom…”
But remember- Alexa goes both ways…so I’m really not sure if/what his co-worker can hear…
I hear my Husband tell his meeting: “Oh wait- the audio is coming through in the bathroom…”
Though I am mortified, I am grateful that we don’t have the Alexa with the screen…
And after what feels like hours, but in reality about thirty seconds, my Husband realizes what he did wrong with the Zoom connection…
And his co-worker’s voice is no longer being broadcast in the bathroom…
So yeah…
&^%$ happens…
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Hahaha!!! Priceless.
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I can laugh now…..π
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That would be so unnerving.
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And Iβm yelling through the closed door so who knows how loud I was (when normally Iβm loud) and what my neighbors heard and thought
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Lol!!!
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πππ…Iβm glad you donβt have the screen version.
I have two with the screens, but I always have the camera button in the off position. π
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Can you imagine?!
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Iβm trying not to. That would have been π€¦π½ββοΈ. ππ
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Oh goooood…I’d perish right there and then!
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π brilliant!
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Iβm blaming it on corona….
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Letβs face it. Everything is Coronaβs fault right now π
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True story
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Hilarious story!!! You had me at “Letβs just get this out on the granite counter” and it only got better!
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πfigure someone should laugh at my misadventures…
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LOL that’s funny – because it didn’t happen to me. Yes, fortunate no video.
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I laugh…now….
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LOL — I thought you were going to say, you went into the bathroom and said, “Alexa, WASH MY HAIR, get my towel…” It could happen.
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This is weird… when I pressed SEND for this message, it lit up in BRIGHT YELLOW and flashed 3 times. Alexa is listening to this message too.
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Cue twilight zone music…
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Yeah… maybe that is something NEW with WordPress, when you send a message it lights up in yellow and flashes? It happened with my second message to you too. Never saw that before.
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I saw a comment flash yellow on the monitor. When I click “send”, I’m going to see if Alexa flashes, too. This flashing just started today.
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Thank you… I was wondering if it was only me, you know, aliens coming. LOL Thanks for sharing.
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I’m glad we are all seeing the same thing.
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Alexa didn’t do anything. Maybe my words are not exciting enough.
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We are at the mercy of computers!!! π
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Completely
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Iβm guessing weβre not far off from that…
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The Japanese are always coming up with interesting/strange robots.
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My thoughts exactly
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How appropriate ‘IT’ happened in the bathroom.
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Ah, yes, the wonders of technology – it often has me wondering too. This is hilarious. Thanks for bringing a chuckle to my morning. π
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Hillarious…remember, I’m not laughing AT you! But Alexis might be, she’s a wiley one!
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You got that right
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Worth it for the punch line, alone.
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Hilarious! We have an Alexis, but she made us mad because we could not get her to cooperate and got tired of her nagging! She is in a box in the basement. Now I’m not saying we are techy people at all, but she was more irritating then she was worth and it could not have been all our fault!!
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Not your fault at all….sheβs mean….
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I agree!!!!
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Haha classic!! π “I’m sorry, I don’t know that one. Here’s something I found on Wikipedia …. ;-)”
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Omg doesnβt that drive you crazy!!
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Haha, it does!! π
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This reminds me of why I’m so not getting one! My son has one, but it stays closed firmly in his room, or now, his dorm room.
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At least it makes for a fun story
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I laughed at your tale of woe, but I’m not telling John about it. He hates Alexa, whereas I find her warm and sympathetic. She talks to me when no one else is around. Others criticize her for making mistakes, but she seems as human as I am when floundering.
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Ok…good point…Alexa does have good points
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I guess you are conceding one good point??
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Where is the LOL button?! We are not Alexa or Siri fans. I guess it’s the paranoid conspiracy theorist in us! I just have visions of her listening in when she should be minding her own business. π xoxoxo
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Every now and then I say something bad…just to check….π
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Hilarious!!
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Omg! Too funny!!!
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I hope he didn’t hear your bathroom shenanigans
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Love/hate relationship for sure. “Alexa, lights off..hey, Alexa! LIGHTS OFF…listen here you impudent whatever you are…LIGHTS OFF!!!!” …okay. π
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Oh…I get it….
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LOL!!! I needed this story after the day I had!
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Glad to be of service!π
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Creepy!
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Too funny! And yet another reason I still don’t have an Alexa. I’d never figure out how to use it properly, and God knows what I’d be sending out there….
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I blush to think about what amazon knows about me….
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Thatβs a truly constipating situation and I blame your husband, I think Alexia has a thing for him, and sheβs trying to flush you! Be diligent! C
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This is a good example of why Iβve drawn a technological line in the sand when it comes to Alexa. Robots like Alexa will increasingly complicate our lives and make us flabby intellectually and physically.
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My mind is already flabby….
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If I wanted to, Iβm sure that I could strike up a wonderful friendship with an Alexa device. I just know that ultimately it would make me lazier than I already am.
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If you want to see what the weather is, look out of the window. My computer is flashing yellow when I leave comments too. It’s not an improvement. We had Alexa. I hated it.It’s in a box now, in the dark, drained of power, plotting revenge…
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What revenge would Alexa dole out
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She had a habit of talking at random while we were watching TV so I expect she would start saying unsettling things in the middle of the night…
Bearing in mind the nature of modern kitchen gadgets she might also take control of the kettle and make menacing noises with the food processor.
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If I could get mine to do food prep it would be pretty cool
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I think the robot butler is a little way off yet, but optimism is good so keep on believing! π
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Can you imagine someone doing the onions! Or just stirring something on the stove while I do prep? A private sous chef
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I buy my onions ready chopped in bags – saves time and pain, particularly as I am increasingly arthritic.
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I use the food processor a lot. Have considered a mandolin
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I considered a mandolin, but I then considered my general ineptitude and the fact I like my finger tips. I’m sure there are safety features on a mandolin, but I’m still not keen.
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Thatβs why Iβve hesitated. I am not gazelle like at anything
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We don’t have an Alexis , I just wanted to ask what you were doing in the bathroom…No I don’t really want to know, Now I am going to see if I flash yellow
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No it didn’t
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I don’t have Alexa and didn’t know she could come with a screen. But I won’t be doing that now either! :). Good giggle…thanks
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